Sentence examples for operate for years from inspiring English sources

There were "lots of failures by lots of people outside the bank," said Bharara but the bank allowed Madoff to operate for years despite its own concerns about his operations.

"They knew these places were recruiting grounds and they let them operate for years.

Others, like the American Tradition Partnership, operate for years at a stretch without filing federal tax returns, in seeming violation of the law.

Because Ikea, which is privately held, does not have to meet shareholders' demands for quick and steady earnings, it can, and often does, let its stores operate for "years and years" before making a profit, he said.

Unlike candidates and super PACs, which must register quickly with the Federal Election Commission and regularly file financial disclosures, 501(c)(4) groups can operate for years while waiting for the I.R.S. to recognize their tax status.

(One woman is in fact suing the city because her 19-year-old son drowned at an unofficial beach in 2004, but the issue is that it was a popular beach with hundreds of bathers and fast-food shacks that the city had allowed to operate for years without any official lifeguards or warning signs.

Some of the companies had been operating for years.

Procedures similar to those for penalty notices have operated for years in the traffic context.

Like Hamza, Choudary operated for years in plain sight, with some dismissing him as a clown.

The report said it had operated for years outside legal boundaries set by the White House.

Some of these schemes have been operating for years, and others are of more recent vintage.